William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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MP Lewes is in Member Parliament.
In 1491 Edmund Dudley (age 29) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1547 Walter Mildmay (age 26) was elected MP Lewes.
On 8th November 1547 Anthony Cooke (age 43) was elected MP Lewes.
In October 1553 Henry Hussey (age 34) was elected MP Lewes.
In April 1554 Robert Gage (age 50) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1584 Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1621 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 35) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1624 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 38) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1625 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 39) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1626 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 40) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1628 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 42) was elected MP Lewes.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1628 George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 42) was created 1st Baron Goring at which time he ceased to be MP Lewes.
In 1802 Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin (age 24) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1840 George John Frederick Sackville (age 25) was elected MP Lewes.
In 1885 Henry Aubrey-Fletcher 4th Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Lewes which seat he held until his death in 1910.